Gerra (moth)

Gerra
	G. radiata in Caetité (Brazil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Agaristinae
Genus:	Gerra; Walker, 1865
Synonyms
	Fenaria Grote, 1882;

Gerra is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1865. It is distributed in the Americas, from southern United States to northern Argentina.

Species

There are seven recognized species:

Gerra aelia H. Druce, 1889
Gerra brephos Draudt, 1919
Gerra lunata Köhler, 1936
Gerra radiata Becker, 2010
Gerra radicalis Walker, 1865
Gerra sevorsa Grote, 1882
- Gerra sevorsa aedessa H. Druce, 1889
Gerra sophocles Dyar, 1912

References

1 2 "Gerra Walker, 1865". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
1 2 3 Savela, Markku, ed. (May 14, 2020). "Gerra Walker, [1865]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
↑ Becker, Vitor O. (August 2010). "Misplaced Neotropical Agaristinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), with descriptions of new taxa". Zoologia (Curitiba). 27 (4): 569–576. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702010000400009.

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[CoL-1] 1 2 "Gerra Walker, 1865". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 9 February 2026.

[Savela-2] 1 2 3 Savela, Markku, ed. (May 14, 2020). "Gerra Walker, [1865]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 22, 2020.

[3] Becker, Vitor O. (August 2010). "Misplaced Neotropical Agaristinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), with descriptions of new taxa". Zoologia (Curitiba). 27 (4): 569–576. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702010000400009.